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SHIPS ANCHOR. APPLICATION H LED NOV. 22. 1910.

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JOHN TAYLOR, .OF- EAST BOLDON, ENGLAND.

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Specification ofletters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed November 22,1918. Serial N 0. 263,749.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TAYLOR, a subject of the King of England,residing at East Boldon, in the county of Durham, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Ships Anchors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in anchors of the type in which theflukes are pivoted and are carried by the shank, the principal object ofwhich is to enable such anchors to house closely and firmly to the shipsside, without requiring the shell plating to be recessed or metal padsto be fitted to receive the ends of either flukes.

According to the invention the head or fluke portion of the anchor iscast or forged in two pieces, which, by means of a check arrangement thetwo pieces are allowed to have a few degrees independent angularmovement which will allow the flukes of the anchor to adjust themselvesto fit the ships side.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2 a side elevation with one head or flukeportion re moved; and Fig. 3 is a view on the back of the head.

The head or fluke portion of the anchor shown is made in two pieces C,and C held in position and connected with the shank A, by the spindle B,which passes through a hole in the two portions C and C and the shank A.The ends of the spindle B are threaded to receive two nuts D, which aremade secure on the spindle by means of a rivet, or bolt, or a taperedpin as E.

At the portion where the two head portions 0 and C meet, a checkarrangement is formed by the projection a on the head piece C, whichfits into the recess d in head piece C The projection a may be made lessin length than the length of the recess 03, which will allow the headportions 0 and C to have a limited amount of independent angularmovement, the required amount of which will be governed by the form ofthe ship about the hawse pipe, on which .the anchor is to be housed.High speed passenger vessels would require about 15 degrees, while inmerchant vessels, 5 degrees would be ample.

It will be seen that this independent angular movement of the two headpieces C and C is a separate movement of a few degrees which theaforementioned two parts have in addition to the ordinary oscillationwhich the head portion has in respect to the shank, and which is usuallyone quarter of a circle.

Furthermore it will be seen that this se arate angular movement does notinter ere with the ordinary action of the anchor when in the ground, asboth head portions will oscillate to the usual one quarter circle whenthe faces S on the head portions C and C touch the shank A.

In anchors according to this invention, the two fluke portions have aslight independent oscillation sufficient to enable the flukes to adjustthemselves to fit the ships side; and it will house close and tight andwill not shake or hammer about when the ship is in a heavy sea, and Willfit hawse pipes made for other types of stockless anchors of a similarweight.

Furthermore it will not require the fore end of a ship to be fitted withwood to insure perfect housing of the anchor.

While one mode of construction is shown which provides the limitedindependent movement of the flukes described, it is to be understoodthat other modes of construction may be used which will allow one orboth fluke portions to have a limited amount of independent oscillation,irrespective of the ordinary oscillation of about one quarter of acircle, which the anchor head generally has in relation to the shank.

What is claimed is 1. In an anchor the combination of two flukes; aspindle on which the flukes are supported; a recess and a projection onthe adj acent ends of the bosses of the flukes; and a shank through thehead of which the spindle passes.

2. An anchor comprising a shank, abutting flukes pivoted at one end ofthe shank and on opposite sides thereof, and means between the abuttingends of the flukes to permit of the flukes moving slightly on theirpivot independently of each other.

3. An anchor comprising a shank, a pivot pin extending through one endof the shank, abutting flukes mounted to turn on the ends of the pivotpin, one of the flukes having a projection, and the other of said flukeshaving a iecess of greater Width than the name to this specification inthe presence of Width of the pro] ection and in which the lattwosubscribing Witnesses.-

ter fits, whereby the fiukes will be permitted to have a slight movementindependent of JOHN TAYLOR 5 each other, or both fiukes may turntogether Witnesses:

0n the pivot pin. GEO. ARMSTRONG, In testimony whereof I have signed myF. S. BAILEY.

Gopiesof this patent may be obtained for five cents each,- by,addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

